Somerset Hospital
The Somerset Hospital is a district general hospital in the Green Point area of Cape Town, South Africa opened in 1864 and has been declared a provincial heritage site.Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in South Africa
- Also known as: “New Somerset Hospital”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Town Stadium and Two Oceans Aquarium.
Cape Town Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Town Stadium is an association football and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built as part of the country's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Cape Town Stadium is situated 550 metres west of Somerset Hospital.
Two Oceans Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The dive site Two Oceans Aquariumis an inland confined water site in the V&A Waterfront area of the City Bowl, in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Two Oceans Aquarium is situated 370 metres south of Somerset Hospital.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Museum
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is a public non-profit museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Zeitz MOCAA opened on September 22, 2017 as the largest museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is situated 690 metres southeast of Somerset Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include V&A Waterfront and Mouille Point.
V&A Waterfront
Suburb
Photo: Damien du Toit, CC BY 2.0.
The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major shopping mall, a marina, and multiple large hotels.
Mouille Point
Suburb
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mouille Point is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, situated in the Atlantic Seaboard, between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.
Somerset Hospital
- Category: hospital
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.90472° or 33° 54′ 17″ southLongitude
18.41695° or 18° 25′ 1″ eastLevels
3Open location code
4FRW3CW8+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 134516785OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7559879
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Igbo—“Somerset Hospital” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Somerset Hospitaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مستشفى سومرست”
- Igbo: “Somerset Hospital”
- Igbo: “Ụlọ ọgwụ Somerset ọhụrụ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Somerset Hospital and Oranjezicht City Farm Market.
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